[Sca-cooks] How much land to feed a person

[Martin G. Diehl]

Volker Bach wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2005 23:07 schrieb Phlip:
> 
>>You know, guys, I keep seeing this thread, and thinking of a mud pie eating
>>contest. Are mud pies even period?
> 
> 
> In the left background of Pieter Breughel's 1560 painting 'children's games', 
> today at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna,  we can see a child (of 
> indeterminate gender) playing on a sand hill. There is a darker patch of sand 
> to its left clearly modelled in three dimensions that can be tentatively 
> identifioed as a precursor of the mud pie. I assume, however, that a mud pie 
> as the 20th century understands it would require a shaped mould that was not 
> in common use by children before plastic put it within financial reach of 
> most families in Europe, but I am told that mud pies are still made without 
> those tools by peasant communities in Africa and South America.
> 
> What do you mean it wasn't a serious question?

While you are attending Pennsic, may I suggest that you should always
be sure to perform a very careful inspection of any gift pies from SPCA.

> Giano

Vincenzo

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Martin G. Diehl